Betty Grable, also known as Elizabeth Ruth Grable, was a popular American actress, dancer, and singer who was prominent in the 1930s and 1940s. She is noted for her high-grossing films that made her among the most successful actors of her period. She began her career in film with appearances in several B movies. She was recognized by major production houses after starring in the musical ‘DuBarry Was a Lady’. Her formal debut was with the movie ‘Down Argentine Way’, which became a hit commercially and critically. Since then, she starred in many successful movies, including ‘Mother Wore Tights’, ‘When My Baby Smiles at Me’ and ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’. These movies were the top-grossing movies at the box office.
Grable’s success soared high in her initial career and sobered down in her final active roles. Her performances in ‘The Shocking Miss Pilgrim’, ‘That Lady in Ermine’ and ‘The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend’ were deemed mediocre. Despite this, other films starring her like ‘My Blue Heaven’, ‘Meet Me After the Show’, and ‘Wabash Avenue’ were commercially successful. In her final years, Betty’s luck faded and movies such as ‘The Farmer Takes a Wife’ were a failure. Her final appearance was in the movie ‘How to Be Very, Very Popular’, which was a box-office success.
Palmy Days is a musical comedy film, which tells the job of an assistant working for a fake psychic, who decides to leave her job, and join a bakery instead.
The musical comedy follows Sally Morgan who has fallen in love with mixed-race Native American Wanenis. When she flees her wedding with Sheriff Bob Wells, with the help of a completely oblivious Henry Williams who is just giving her a ride, they are pursued by Wells and Henry’s nurse Mary.
Due to a case of mistaken identity, Eddie is taken away to Mexico by a group of bank robbers. In order to escape the police, he claims to be a bullfighter. However, the detectives refuse to believe it, until they see Eddie in the ring.
Kiki is a romantic comedy drama film, which tells the story of Kiki, a French chorus girl, who wants to enter the show business at any cost.
Sisters Barbara and Kay Latimer are informed that they will lose nearly all of their inheritance in taxes. To make sure that Kay marries a millionaire, the sisters take a trip to Miami and Kay immediately attracts the attention of rich bachelors Jeffrey Bolton and Phil McNeil but Barbara starts falling in love with Jeff.
How to Marry a Millionaire is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of three women who are tired of being broke. They soon plan to trap and marry three eligible millionaires.
Vicky leaves her dance partner Dan due to the latter’s womanizing ways. When Dan sees her with her old flame Victor, he decides to work hard to win her back.
Give Me a Sailor is a romantic comedy film, which revolves around Jim and Walter, two brothers who are sailors in the US Navy. When Walter tells Jim that he is going to soon ask his girlfriend Nancy to marry him, Jim gets upset since he loves her as well. Therefore, he asks Nancy’s sister to help break apart Walter and Nancy’s relationship.
Diamond Horseshoe is a musical film which revolves around a medical student named Joe, who tells his father that he wants to be in the show business. His father, who works in the show business himself, doesn’t like this idea, but he still gives his son a job at his club. However, Joe soon finds himself falling for one of the showgirls named Bonnie.
Based on Miriam Young's eponymous novel, the story focuses on a successful vaudeville performer couple, who continue to appear together even after marriage. Once her daughters are born, the lady semi retires to raise her family. Later, however, she returns to the stage, upsetting one of her daughters, who is embarrassed because of her profession.
Four Jills in a Jeep is a documentary musical drama film, which revolves around four actresses, as they re-enact their USO tour of Europe and North Africa during the Second World.
While on a trip to America to sell horses, Argentinian race-horse breeder Ricardo Quintana tries to stay away from his father’s enemy. When Glenda Crawford shows interest in a horse, Ricardo cancels the deal as he realizes that she belongs to the same family. Glenda follows him to Argentina where they deeply fall in love. Later, she wins over his father’s approval.
Footlight Serenade is a musical romantic comedy film which tells the story of Tommy Lundy, a former boxing champion, who becomes involved in a Broadway show.
Gracie belonging to the powerful Alden family fails to graduate from the college founded by her grandfather for the ninth year in a row. Therefore, he leaves it in his will that the first female of the family to graduate within 200 years will be the new owner of the college.
Three former Broadway showgirls, Jean, Polaire and Schatze, decide to find affluent husbands. So, they put on a façade of being millionaires by renting luxurious penthouse apartment and Chanel dresses. Each one endowed with different personality traits ranging from kind-hearted to untrustworthy, the three girls soon realize that it is easier to make plans than put them in action and reap its fruits.
Delilah Lee is the star of her husband’s Broadway show. She soon becomes a huge success, and starts feeling that maybe her husband thinks of her as an asset rather than a wife. She also suspects that he might be having an affair with the show’s backer.
A married couple, Jack and Kitty, get injured in a car accident, after learning that Kitty is pregnant. Kitty not only loses the baby, but is horrified to learn that she will not be able to conceive again. The couple therefore decides to adopt, but due to their show business background, they have a hard time finding kids to adopt.
A hot headed saloon singer shoots at her boyfriend for flirting with another woman; but instead hits a judge. So has to leave her home and accompanied by her friend, reaches a small town, where she is mistaken for a school teacher. Here she starts wooing a mine owner until her boyfriend turns up, searching for her.
Husband-wife team, Slug and Bessie Winters are the newly appointed football coaches for the Texas State University, which mistakenly receives an invitation to play charity game against Yale University. The two work hard on the team, but an injured quarterback dampens the team’s spirits. Bessie comes across a farm-boy Amos, adept at hurling watermelons. Can he save the day for the team?
When Andy Clark discovers that he was cheated by his former business partner Mike, he makes a plan to teach Mike a lesson. He finds an ally in Ruby Summers, who works in Mike’s dance bar.
Julie marries her husband’s songwriting partner, after she feels that he is no longer alive. Trouble ensues when it turns out that her first husband is still alive.
